Christmas-tree ornament



(No Model.)

B.- WILMS'EN. CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT.

Patented June "7, 1898.

m2 NORRIS Pz'rzns o0. PNOTOJJYHO WASHINGTON. n. c.

B. WILMSENJ CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT.

(No Model.)

- Patented June 7, 1898.

S E s S E N U W THE NORRIS Pz'rzns ca. PHOTO-LUNG" WASHINGTON. a. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BERNHARD WILMSEN, onPmLADELnHrA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHRISTMAS-"TREE ORNAM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters a e No.16 05,158, dated. June *7, 1898.

Application June 18, 1897.

To-aZZ whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, BERNHARD WILMSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the; city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Christmas-Tree Ornam'ents, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings: 7

My invention relates to an improvement in a Christmas-tree ornament wherein the foundation usually employed is concealed and a fine finish accordingly imparted to the ornament, while the ornament becomes two-faced or reversible.

The invention consists of such ornament formed of a foundation, 'a supporting-block therefor, to which it is secured and beyond which it extends,garlandssecured to the inner face of said foundation and extending radially beyondjthe same, a facing ornament attached to said blockopposite' said foundation, and a backing ornament secured on said foundation. 3

Figure 1 representsafront' view of a Ghristmas-tree ornamentemb'odying my invention. Fig. 2 represents areal" yiew thereofpthe reverse or backing piece having been removed. Fig. 3 represents aface' view 'of said reverse or backing piece. .Fig. 4 represents a verti cal section thereofjon line' 217 00, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a Christmas-tree ornament consisting of a body of garlands or wings B, the facing or obverse.

ornament O the foundation D, and the re- Serial b. 644,310. (No model.)

verse ornament or backing E, it being noticed that the ornament O is connected with the block F, thelatter being secured to the foundation D, and that the garlands are con nected'with the foundation D by means of the staples G, Which'are passed around or through the garlands and clenched to said foundation. Then the ornamentE is gummed or otherwise secured to said foundation, whereby the latter is concealed, and the ornament is two-faced or reversible, producing a practical, efficient, and'admirable article for the purpose intended. V

The bodyof the ornament is composed in the present case of tinsel; chenille and the ornamentsof paper; but'to these I do not limit myself, as gelatin or other suitable substance may be used, and said ornaments may be of the form of'angels, human heads, stars, landscapes, or other pictures, as desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim'as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,'is v Y Asan article of manufacture, aOhristmastree ornament consisting of. a foundation, a supporting-block therefor to which it is secured an d'beyond which it extends,"garlands secured to the inner' face of said foundation BERNHARD WILMsEN.

"'Witnessesz,

' JENNIE MILLMAN,

MAGGIE MYERS. 

